Virtuino IoT vs IoT Central
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Virtuino IoT
Create custom interfaces to visualize and control Arduino devices or IoT platforms. Design interactive screens for seamless interaction with your connected hardware.
- Create custom screens
- Visualize IoT data
- Control Arduino devices
- IoT platform integration
- User-friendly interface design
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Use this app to create amazing screens to visualize or control an arduino device or an IoT platform.
IoT Central
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With this app you can create an easy to use IoT Dashboard for you and your client. Features: 1. Can run as always on Dashboard. 2. Supports both MQTT (TCP) and Websocket protocol. 3. SSL for secure communication. 4. JSON Support for both subscribe and publish message. 5. Panels subscribe and / or publish the topic automatically, hence get updated in real time. 6. Designed to work with public broker efficiently (using device prefix). 7. Sent and Received timestamp from broker. 8. Material design. 9. Flexible panel width, merge any panels 10. More than 250 icons to customize specific panels. 11. Dark theme for comfortable use in low light. 12. Clone connection, device or panel for effortless configuration 13. Import/Export application configuration for easy share with multiple devices. 14. Re-connects automatically if connection lost. 15. Persist export message for log and graph. Available panels: -Button -Slider -Switch -LED Indicator -Combo Box -Radio Buttons -Multi-State Indicator -Progress -Gauge -Color Picker -Time Picker -Text Input -Text Log -Image -Barcode Scanner -Line graph -Bar graph -Chart -URI Launcher This list will grow upon feedback from users. Your feedback is much appreciated. If you find any issue please feel free to leave a comment in my blog with steps to reproduce. https://blog.snrlab.in/iot/iot-mqtt-panel-user-guide/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: IoT Central at none against Virtuino IoT's 1. IoT Central also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Virtuino IoT sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. IoT Central asks for nothing beyond the download.
Virtuino IoT ships an update monthly, IoT Central every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on July 31, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Virtuino IoT | IoT Central |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ilias Lamprou | Rahul Kundu |
In-app purchases
Virtuino IoT
- Virtuino IoT pro$14.99
IoT Central
No in-app purchases
